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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/13-14

Scope and Contents

Letter from Alexander Duckham to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] enclosing letter to Sir John Anderson [Home Secretary later 1st Lord Waverley] with a suggestion for changing the Air Raid Warning note from "the demoralising wail of the amorous gargantuan tom cat" to the "cock-a-doodle-doo" signalling "defiance and triumph". [Carbon].

Dates

  • Creation: 04 Sep 1940

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Language of Materials

English

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